Welcome to Cover ...

So far, we found very little information about Cover. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cover to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cover, please Contact Us.

Cover would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

The location of Cover has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cover, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cover is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Cover was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Cover would have been located in the (410) area code.

Websites for Cover ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cover, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Cover ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cover.

• Frederick
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederick is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
  • Former names for Frederick:
  • Frederick City
  • Frederick Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <5>
• Westminster
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Westminster is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <5>
• Mount Airy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
  • Mount Airy is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Airy <5>
• Thurmont
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurmont
  • Thurmont is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurmont <5>
• Taneytown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneytown
  • Taneytown is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,846 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taneytown <5>
• Walkersville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Walkersville is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkersville <5>
• Hampstead
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
  • Hampstead is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <5>
• Manchester
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <5>
• Sykesville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sykesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykesville
  • Sykesville is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sykesville <5>
• New Windsor
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
  • New Windsor is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,404 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Windsor <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cover.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cover. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cover.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cover. See our Newspapers Page for Cover.

Adding Cover to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cover in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cover was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Cover post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cover.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/